Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドスGyaradosu) is a Water-typePokémon introduced in Generation I. A Shiny Gyarados appeared in the episode "Talkin` bout an Evolution". Shiny Gyarados are red and are the most well known Shiny Pokémon.

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Biology

Appearance

It is serpentine in shape and is covered in blue and yellow scales. It has white fins on top of its body and it has a tan underbelly. It has fins on the side of its face and a large blue crest on its forehead. Like Magikarp, it has "whiskers."

Gender differences

The females have light whiskers.

Behavior

Gyarados is known as The Atrocious Pokémon. They are to be extremely violent, destroying anything when in a rampage.

Trivia

Despite it being a Flying-type, it can only know one Flying-type move, Bounce, and this is only because it's pre-evolution,Magikarp can learn it in Generation IV only.

Despite it being seen flying in the anime, it cannot learn the move, Fly.

Gyarados may be based on the mythological creature, the Kraken, since it's original name was going to be Skullkraken.

In Generation II and IV, Gyarados is the only 100%-certain shiny encounter and the first of only two shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was Celebi in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness)

Gyarados being evolved from Magikarp, which is a useless and weak pokemon, is a reference to a common belief in Asian countries that a carp will transform into dragon after it passes through hard ordeals